Haryana Lokayukta warns on false complaints

Chandigarh, Oct 19 (UNI) The Haryana Lokayukta, Justice (retd) N K Sud today made it clear that action would be taken against those who would lodge false and baseless complaints against their opponents.

Complainants would have to file an affidavit alongwith the complaint, he said.

He advised the people to desist from levelling baseless and wild allegations due to political vendetta.

He said that 74 complaints had been received so far by the office of the Lokayukta, out of which 37 complaints had been disposed of since its inception on January 16 this year.

Justice Sud said that a website of the office of Lokayukta was also being launched soon so that people could lodge their complaints and get detailed information, besides putting up their queries. He said that the Lokayukta had been entertaining only those complaints which were falling under its purview as per Lokayukta Act.

He stressed the need to apprise the people about the office of the Lokayukta as most of the people were not aware about this office. He opined that media could play a vital role in motivating the people to approach the Lokayukta for the redressal of their grievances.

Justice Sud said that he would visit all the district headquarters within two months Lokayukta so that people from all walks of life could get benefit from this institution.

He maintained that this office would entertain the complaints against former ministers and public servants. He said that the meaning of the term 'public servant' was very wide which included persons holding key posts in the state government. These included Ministers, Chairmen, MLAs, Vice Chairmen, Mayors, Deputy Mayors, Presidents and Vice Presidents of Municipal Committees, MDs of boards and corporations.

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